GOP Skinflints Don't Care About US Soldiers


From Cursor, a link to Vote for Vets, which produced a must-see television ad (you can get to it from their main page).

The Grand Old Perverts (well, at least Mark Foley) Skinflints, including Senators Kyl (AZ), Burns (MN), Santorum (PA)--and 49 of their colleagues--voted against a supplemental appropriation sponsored by Mary Landrieu that would've provided up to $1 billion dollars for purchasing equipment such as "helmets, tents, bullet-proof inserts, and tactical vests." (from Salon--for some reason, my day pass from yesterday is still working...good).

Hmmm...seems as if Senator Macaca (or, as Watertiger suggested the other day, Macacawitz), also opted for skinflint mode.

Actually, what's pretty amazing is that they'd even need a supplemental--the Defense Department has had roughly $2 TRILLION dollars to play with over the last five years. Maybe it's just me, but you'd figure that they could find the money for equipment SOMEWHERE, given that it's the FUCKING DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, at least officially, as opposed to the Department of Let's Throw Money at Pet Projects.

Anyway, check it out...and that's not the only instance of our government doing exactly the opposite of what it should be.